Movie News: Donald Sutherland joins 'The Hunger Games' film

Deadline reports that Donald Sutherland joined the big cast of big screen adaptation of The Hunger Games based on Suzanne Collins novels.

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Donald Sutherland Joins 'The Hunger Games'

Lionsgate has set Donald Sutherland to play the role of President Snow in The Hunger Games, the trilogy that will be directed by Gary Ross based on the Suzanne Collins novels. Snow is the autocratic ruler of Panem who uses the violent Hunger Games as a way to maintain control. Jennifer Lawrence plays heroine Katniss Everdeen. Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Toby Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley and Elizabeth Banks are also in the cast.

Lionsgate will release “The Hunger Games” on March 23, 2012.